The Rise Of The Sengoku Period: Origins Of Japan’s Age Of Warring States
A Fractured Empire The waning decades of the Ashikaga shogunate marked the beginning of a deepening crisis in Japan’s political landscape. Although the Ashikaga clan had established the Muromachi shogunate in the 14th century, creating an appearance of centralized rule, their grip on power weakened dramatically by the mid-15th century. The shogunate’s inability to enforce […]
